BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary block of the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving discoveries.

Cuts to funding to the National Institutes of Health could hamper funding the University of California system receives for research on various diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes and heart disease, the Los Angeles Times reported.

A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking effect earlier this month in response to separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22 states plus organizations representing universities,